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Provedor de dados: 	17	
País: 	United Kingdom	
Título: 	Can Hawaiian carnivorous caterpillars attack invasive ants or vice versa?	
Autores: 	Shinji Sugiura.	
Data: 	2010-12-08	
Ano: 	2010	
Palavras-chave: 	Ecology.	
Resumo: 	The Hawaiian Islands have allowed insects to evolve unique habits, because the islands are isolated and originally lacked predators, such as ants and wasps. Ambush carnivorous caterpillars (_Eupithecia_ spp.; Lepidoptera: Geometridae) provide a remarkable example of a feeding behaviour unique to the Hawaiian Islands. Their prey includes various arthropods species. _Eupithecia_ larvae even attack predatory arthropods such as parasitoids. However, it is unclear whether _Eupithecia_ can attack ants. Here, I examined whether _Eupithecia orichloris_ can attack the invasive ant _Pheidole megacephala_ under laboratory conditions. _Eupithecia orichloris_ could successfully attack the minor worker of _P. megacephala_. However, the major worker of _P. megacephala_ counterattacked.&amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;	
Tipo: 	Manuscript	
Identificador: 	http://precedings.nature.com/documents/5374/version/1

oai:nature.com:10.1038/npre.2010.5374.1

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.5374.1	
Fonte: 	Nature Precedings	
Fonte: 	Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License